How many 5 letter words have a U?

There are 1,775 in our game word list, and 618 of them are everyday words.

What are some common 5 letter words containing U?

Everyday examples include ABOUT, ABUSE, ACUTE, ADULT, ALBUM, ALOUD, AMUSE, ARGUE, AUDIO, AWFUL. The full list is below, everyday words first.

What 5 letter words start with U?

Everyday 5 letter words that start with U include UNCLE, UNDER, UNDID, UNIFY, UNION, UNITE, UNITY, UNSET, UNTIL, UPPER. They are all in the list below, which holds every five-letter word with U in any spot.

What is a good 5 letter word with U for Wordle?

ROUTE. Of all five-letter words with U that have five different letters, it finds the most letters as a first guess in our test: 1.71 green or yellow tiles on average against every answer.

What are some unusual 5 letter words with U?

Rare but valid word game words such as BUZZY, MUZZY, HUZZA, ABUZZ, SCUZZ, ZUZIM. They are worth knowing for tile games, but daily puzzles almost never use them as answers.

Which of these words are good guesses in five-letter puzzles?

Everyday words with five different, common letters test the most at once. Daily puzzles also tend to pick everyday words, so start with the list of everyday words on this page.

5 Letter Words With U: All 1,775 Words

5 letter words with U in numbers

1,775 words in total, of which 618 are everyday words.
The most common first letter is s (202 words), followed by b (140).
Letters found most often: u 100%, s 45%, e 28%, r 28%, a 23% of words.

Highest-scoring 5 letter words with U

Ranked by Scrabble tile values, before any bonus squares:

Highest-scoring words
Word	Points
fuzzy	29
buzzy	28
muzzy	28
huzza	26
abuzz	25
scuzz	25
zuzim	25
quaky	21
quack	20
quick	20
furzy	20
muzak	20

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Everyday 5 letter words with U

The 618 everyday words, A to Z. The other 1,157 valid but rarer words are in the filter above.

a (19)

about, abuse, acute, adult, album, aloud, amuck, amuse, annul, argue, audio, audit, aunts, aurae, aural, auras, autos, awful, azure

b (58)

bauds, baulk, bayou, begun, blued, bluer, blues, bluey, bluff, blunt, blurb, blurs, blurt, blush, bogus, bonus, bough, bound, bouts, brunt, brush, brusk, brute, bucks, buddy, budge, buffs, buggy, bugle, build, built, bulbs, bulge, bulks, bulky, bulls, bully, bumps, bumpy, bunch, bunks, bunny, buoys, burly, burns, burnt, burps, burro, burrs, burst, bused, buses, bushy, busts, butte, butts, buxom, buyer

c (46)

caulk, cause, chuck, chugs, chums, chunk, churn, chute, cloud, clout, clubs, cluck, clued, clues, clump, clung, couch, cough, could, count, coups, court, crude, cruel, crumb, crush, crust, cubed, cubes, cubic, cuffs, cuing, culls, cults, curbs, curds, cured, cures, curio, curls, curly, curry, curse, curst, curve, cuter

d (36)

datum, daubs, daunt, debug, debut, donut, doubt, dough, douse, drugs, drums, drunk, ducks, ducts, duded, dudes, duels, duets, dukes, dulls, dully, dummy, dumps, dumpy, dunce, dunes, dungs, dunks, dunno, duped, dupes, durst, dusky, dusts, dusty, duvet

e (7)

elude, ensue, equal, equip, erupt, exude, exult

f (40)

fault, fauna, fetus, feuds, flour, flout, flues, fluff, fluid, fluke, flung, flunk, flush, flute, focus, forum, fouls, found, fount, fours, fraud, fruit, fudge, fuels, fulls, fully, fumed, fumes, funds, fungi, funny, furls, furor, furry, fused, fuses, fussy, fuzed, fuzes, fuzzy

g (36)

gamut, gaudy, gauge, gaunt, gauze, genus, ghoul, glued, glues, gluts, gouge, gourd, group, grubs, gruel, gruff, grunt, guard, guess, guest, guide, guild, guile, guilt, guise, gulch, gulfs, gulls, gully, gulps, gummy, guppy, gurus, gusts, gusty, guyed

h (23)

hauls, haunt, hound, hours, house, huffs, huffy, huger, hulks, hulls, human, humid, humor, humps, hunch, hunks, hunts, hurls, hurry, hurts, husks, husky, hutch

i (3)

incur, input, issue

j (10)

jaunt, judge, juice, juicy, jumbo, jumps, jumpy, junks, junta, juror

k (1)

kudos

l (24)

lauds, laugh, letup, lotus, louse, lousy, lucid, lucks, lucky, lulls, lumps, lumpy, lunar, lunch, lunge, lungs, lurch, lured, lures, lurid, lurks, lusts, lusty, lutes

m (36)

mauls, mauve, menus, minus, mixup, mould, moult, mound, mount, mourn, mouse, mousy, mouth, mucks, mucus, muddy, muffs, muggy, mulch, mules, mulls, mummy, mumps, munch, mural, murky, mused, muses, mushy, music, musts, musty, muted, muter, mutes, mutts

n (8)

nouns, nuder, nudes, nudge, nulls, numbs, nurse, nutty

o (9)

occur, odour, opium, ought, ounce, ousts, outdo, outed, outer

p (40)

pause, pious, pique, pluck, plugs, plume, plump, plums, plush, pouch, pound, pours, pouts, proud, prude, prune, pucks, pudgy, puffs, puffy, puked, pukes, pulls, pulps, pulse, pumas, pumps, punch, punks, punts, pupil, puppy, puree, purer, purge, purrs, purse, pushy, putts, putty

q (24)

quack, quail, quake, qualm, quark, quart, quash, quays, queen, queer, quell, query, quest, queue, quick, quiet, quill, quilt, quips, quirk, quite, quits, quota, quote

r (31)

rebut, recur, reuse, revue, rogue, rouge, rough, round, rouse, route, routs, ruddy, ruder, ruffs, rugby, ruing, ruins, ruled, ruler, rules, rummy, rumor, rumps, runes, rungs, runny, runts, rural, ruses, rusts, rusty

s (81)

sauce, saucy, sauna, saute, scour, scout, scrub, scuff, scums, serum, shout, shrub, shrug, shuck, shuns, shunt, shuts, sinus, sirup, situp, skulk, skull, skunk, slugs, slump, slums, slung, slunk, slurs, slush, smuts, snout, snubs, snuck, snuff, snugs, souls, sound, soups, sours, south, spout, spuds, spunk, spurn, spurs, spurt, squad, squat, squid, stout, strum, strut, stubs, stuck, studs, study, stuff, stump, stung, stunk, stuns, stunt, suave, sucks, suede, sugar, suing, suite, suits, sulks, sulky, sunny, sunup, super, surer, surfs, surge, surly, swung, syrup

t (37)

tabus, taunt, thuds, thugs, thumb, thump, touch, tough, tours, trout, truce, truck, trued, truer, trues, truly, trump, trunk, trust, truth, tubas, tubed, tubes, tucks, tufts, tulip, tummy, tumor, tunas, tuned, tuner, tunes, tunic, turfs, turns, tusks, tutor

u (33)

udder, ulcer, ultra, uncle, uncut, under, undid, undue, unfit, unify, union, unite, units, unity, unset, untie, until, upend, upped, upper, upset, urban, urged, urges, urine, usage, users, usher, using, usual, usurp, uteri, utter

v (8)

vacua, vague, value, vault, venue, virus, vogue, vouch

w (3)

would, wound, wrung

y (5)

young, yours, youse, youth, yucks

Frequently asked questions

How many 5 letter words have a U?: There are 1,775 in our game word list, and 618 of them are everyday words.
What are some common 5 letter words containing U?: Everyday examples include ABOUT, ABUSE, ACUTE, ADULT, ALBUM, ALOUD, AMUSE, ARGUE, AUDIO, AWFUL. The full list is below, everyday words first.
What 5 letter words start with U?: Everyday 5 letter words that start with U include UNCLE, UNDER, UNDID, UNIFY, UNION, UNITE, UNITY, UNSET, UNTIL, UPPER. They are all in the list below, which holds every five-letter word with U in any spot.
What is a good 5 letter word with U for Wordle?: ROUTE. Of all five-letter words with U that have five different letters, it finds the most letters as a first guess in our test: 1.71 green or yellow tiles on average against every answer.
What are some unusual 5 letter words with U?: Rare but valid word game words such as BUZZY, MUZZY, HUZZA, ABUZZ, SCUZZ, ZUZIM. They are worth knowing for tile games, but daily puzzles almost never use them as answers.
Which of these words are good guesses in five-letter puzzles?: Everyday words with five different, common letters test the most at once. Daily puzzles also tend to pick everyday words, so start with the list of everyday words on this page.